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7.1a macro to select text?

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jfly25

jfly25

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Mar 16, 2012
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Hi guys,

I'm a newbie and a beginner when it comes to this stuff. I'm using "myExtra Enterprise 7.1a." I need help writing a macro to select certain text in fields on my screen and copy it to the windows clipboard. Where I will then past it into a word document.

My macro is below:

'--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
' This macro was created by the Macro Recorder.
' Session Document: "SESSION1.EDP"
' Date: Thursday, March 15, 2012 18:32:34
' User: c59777
'--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

' Global variable declarations
Global g_HostSettleTime%
Global g_szPassword$

Sub Main()
'--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
' Get the main system object
Dim Sessions As Object
Dim System As Object
Set System = CreateObject("EXTRA.System") ' Gets the system object
If (System is Nothing) Then
Msgbox "Could not create the EXTRA System object. Stopping macro playback."
STOP
End If
Set Sessions = System.Sessions

If (Sessions is Nothing) Then
Msgbox "Could not create the Sessions collection object. Stopping macro playback."
STOP
End If
'--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
' Set the default wait timeout value
g_HostSettleTime = 3000 ' milliseconds

OldSystemTimeout& = System.TimeoutValue
If (g_HostSettleTime > OldSystemTimeout) Then
System.TimeoutValue = g_HostSettleTime
End If

' Get the necessary Session Object
Dim Sess0 As Object
Set Sess0 = System.ActiveSession
If (Sess0 is Nothing) Then
Msgbox "Could not create the Session object. Stopping macro playback."
STOP
End If
If Not Sess0.Visible Then Sess0.Visible = TRUE
Sess0.Screen.WaitHostQuiet(g_HostSettleTime)

' This section of code contains the recorded events

' Selects the text, row column to row column
Sess0.Screen.SelectText 3, 19, 3, 43
' Copy the text
Sess0.Screen.Copy
Sess0.Screen.WaitHostQuiet(g_HostSettleTime)

System.TimeoutValue = OldSystemTimeout
End Sub



The section below I actually copy/pasted from another post on this forum:

' Selects the text, row column to row column
Sess0.Screen.SelectText 3, 19, 3, 43
' Copy the text
Sess0.Screen.Copy
Sess0.Screen.WaitHostQuiet(g_HostSettleTime)

The reason I did this is because I couldn't find a way to record the selecting of text on the screen. Moving the mouse wouldn't record and pressing shift and the arrow keys also wouldn't record....

I need help trying to do this please! Thanks!

 
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To add: When I run the above macro I get an EXTRA!Basic Error msg box that pops up and says:
"No such property or method"
"Line number 50"
"Stopping macro playback."

The line 50 of my macro is: Sess0.Screen.SelectText 3, 19, 3, 43

which leads me to believe SelectText isn't the right command to use....

 
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Code: 
Sess0.Screen.Select(3, 19, 3, 43).copy

from the help file
 
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That one doesn't work either....hmmm. I get the same error message when I copy and paste it in place of my wrong one.

"No such property or method"
"Line number 50"
"Stopping macro playback."

Thanks for the post though. Any other suggestions?
 
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'--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
' This macro was created by the Macro Recorder.
' Session Document: "SESSION1.EDP"
' Date: Thursday, March 15, 2012 18:32:34
' User: c59777
'--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

' Global variable declarations
Global g_HostSettleTime%
Global g_szPassword$

Sub Main()
'--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
' Get the main system object
Dim Sessions As Object
Dim System As Object
Set System = CreateObject("EXTRA.System") ' Gets the system object
If (System is Nothing) Then
Msgbox "Could not create the EXTRA System object. Stopping macro playback."
STOP
End If
Set Sessions = System.Sessions

If (Sessions is Nothing) Then
Msgbox "Could not create the Sessions collection object. Stopping macro playback."
STOP
End If
'--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
' Set the default wait timeout value
g_HostSettleTime = 3000 ' milliseconds

OldSystemTimeout& = System.TimeoutValue
If (g_HostSettleTime > OldSystemTimeout) Then
System.TimeoutValue = g_HostSettleTime
End If

' Get the necessary Session Object
Dim Sess0 As Object
Set Sess0 = System.ActiveSession
If (Sess0 is Nothing) Then
Msgbox "Could not create the Session object. Stopping macro playback."
STOP
End If
If Not Sess0.Visible Then Sess0.Visible = TRUE
Sess0.Screen.WaitHostQuiet(g_HostSettleTime)

' This section of code contains the recorded events

' Selects the text, row column to row column
Sess0.Screen.Select(3, 19, 3, 43).copy
' Copy the text
Sess0.Screen.Copy
Sess0.Screen.WaitHostQuiet(g_HostSettleTime)

System.TimeoutValue = OldSystemTimeout
End Sub
 
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this is from the help file for 7.1
This example first copies the entire session screen to the Clipboard, then copies an area of the screen to the Clipboard.
Code: 
Sub Main()
	Dim Sys As Object, Sess As Object, MyScreen As Object, MyArea As Object

	' Invoke the clipboard viewer
	Shell("clipbrd.exe")

	Set Sys = CreateObject("EXTRA.System")
' Assumes an open session
	Set Sess = Sys.ActiveSession

	' This example demonstrates the Copy method for Screen objects.
	Set MyScreen = Sess.Screen
	MyScreen.SelectAll
	MyScreen.Copy

	MsgBox "The screen was copied to the clipboard. Press to copy a smaller area ..."

' This example demonstrates the Copy method for Area objects.
	Set MyArea = MyScreen.Area(1,1,10,10 , ,)
	MyArea.Select
	MyArea.Copy
End Sub
 
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this should work

Code: 
Sub Main()

	Dim Sys As Object, Sess As Object
	Set Sys = CreateObject("EXTRA.System")
	Set Sess = Sys.ActiveSession
	Set Sess = Sess.Screen
        sess.Area(3, 19, 3, 43).select
        sess.Area(3, 19, 3, 43).copy
        

End Sub
 
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I bow to you sir; it works! You're seriously awesome! One last question to see if I can make the function even better. Say I wanted to select certain areas:
(2, 18, 2, 23)
(3, 19, 3, 43)
(10, 8, 10, 13)

-like pressing ctrl and selecting seperate things on a web site.

Then I need to copy those areas to the clipboard all at once so that when I paste in a word doc, they will all be pasted.

Again, YOU are the man!

I found this help file you mention and see I have a lot to study now.
 
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check out copyappend method

Code: 
	Dim Sys As Object, Sess As Object
	Set Sys = CreateObject("EXTRA.System")
	Set Sess = Sys.ActiveSession
	Set Sess = Sess.Screen
 
        Sess.area(2, 18, 2, 23).Select
        Sess.CopyAppend
        
        Sess.area(3, 19, 3, 43).Select
        Sess.CopyAppend
        
        Sess.area(10, 8, 10, 13).Select
        Sess.CopyAppend

i learned this from
"thanks to "link99sbc
 
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But can these objects be compared to one another? If so, how?
 
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